Latin American Workshop in Labor Markets and the Informal Sector
Mexico City, Friday, September 26th, 2014
Program
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| 09.00 – 10.00 |
Andy Neumeyer, Universidad Torcuato di Tella
“Skills, Informality and the Size Distribution of Fims (with Matías Buso and Mariano Spector).
Discussant: Hernan Moscoso, University of Cincinatti
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| 10.00 – 11.00
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Julio Leal, Banco de México
“Cross-subsidies, and the elasticity of informality to social Expenditures” (with Jorge Alonso)
Discussant: Sangeeta Pratap, City University of New York
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| 11.00 – 11.20
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Coffee break
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| 11.20 – 12.20
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David Bardey, Universidad de los Andes
“Unemployment Insurance in Presence of Informal Sector” (with Ximena Peña and Fernando Jaramillo)
Discussant: Gabriel Martínez, ITAM
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| 12.20 – 13.20 |
Jorge Alonso, ITAM
“Informality and Social Security” (with Marina Mendes Tavares)
Discussant: Susan Vroman, Georgetown University
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| 13.30 – 15.00
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Lunch
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| 15.10 – 16.10
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Renata Narita, University of Sao Paulo
“Self Employment in Developing Countries: a Search-Equilibrium Approach”
Discussant: Silvio Rendón, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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| 16.10 – 16.30
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Coffee break
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| 16.30 – 18:00
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Jim Albrecht, Georgetown University
“Public Sector Employment in an Equilibrium Search and Matching
Model” (with Susan Vroman and Monica Robayo-Abril) |
